'Sims 4' Glitch Helps Curb Piracy By Ruining Gameplay With Expanding Pixels

EA’s “The Sims 4” has launched a clever way to deter piracy of their latest title.

According to IGN, EA is combatting piracy with pixels. In the “Sims” franchise, pixels appears whenever a Sims character is nude, like in the shower or on the toliet.

In illegal copies, the pixelated area doesn’t go away after the action is performed. The pixels continue to grow in the pirated version until the entire screen is covered.

Pirates will only be able to play the title for a limited time until the pixels take up the screen, and reporting this specific glitch in the game will out them as pirates. It’s a clever attempt to curb piracy and players will probably see more “glitches” like this in pirated games.